SOURCE: Kohn, Denise. “Reading Emma as a Lesson on ‘Ladyhood’: A Study in the Domestic Bildungsroman.” Essays in Literature 22, no. 1 (spring 1995): 45-58.
In the following essay, Kohn suggests that Emma is an example of a Bildungsroman in which a heroine's education and development as a lady are achieved in a domestic setting rather than through a quest.
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